The Concepts of Habitual Residence and Ordinary Residence in Light of Quebec Civil Law, the Divorce Act and the Hague Conventions of 1980 and 1996

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This paper was written in French under the title, Les notions de résidence habituelle et de résidence ordinaire à la lueur du droit civil québécois, de la Loi sur le divorce et des Conventions de La Haye de 1980 et de 1996.
This translation was commissioned by the Department of Justice Canada.

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